Improved soda-water apparatus



UNITED STATES ttf PATENT Orrron.

ANDREW J. MORSE, OF MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS.

|MPaovED SODA-'WATER APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 14,6145, dated October 1l, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ANDREW J. MoRsE, of Melrose, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soda-Water Ap paratus 5 and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this speci- 'ication, is a description of may invention sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to practice it.

My improvement relates to thc construction and disposition of parts in the Sirup-containing box or reservoir, now used to a great extent in connection with the common sodafountain, for the preparation of sodabeverages.

The invention consists in the employment ofiiuid or surface indicators upon the outside of the box, in connection with the sirup-vessels placed Within the box, for the purpose of showing the condition or quantity of the sirup in each Sirup-vessel; and the invention further consists in the employment, in connection with the sirup vessels and indicators, of a series of charging cups or tubes, and also in the construction of the top of the box with reference to the Sirup-vessels and chargingtubes.

Figure 1 of the drawings denotes a irout elevation of my apparatus, and Fig. 2a crosssection taken through one ofthe indicators.

a denotes a box or reservoir, the rear part, b, ot which is to contain the ice to cool the sirups, while the front part contains a series of sirupvessels, placed adjacent to the front wall ot' the box a, one of said vessels being seen at c in Fig. 2, and there being a similar vessel to each delivery cock d seen in Fig. 1. Each of these cocks leads from the bottom of its sirup-vessel, and just above the outlet of each vessel there is placed a pipe, e, which extends through the box and up vertically in i'ront of the same and in line with the cock beneath, as seen in Fig. 1, the part of the pipe in front of the box being made or mostly made of glass. The vessels c are closed at top by the part 7" of the box directly over them, such part being permanently secured to the box. On this top piece a series of cups, g, is placed, each cup having a tube, h, leading i'rom its bottom through the cover f into the sirup-vessel beneath. The vessels are charged through these cups, as will be readily understood, and the indicators in front of the box show respectively the height or amount of sirup in each vessel. Just in rear ofthe part fot' the top ot' the box a cover, t', is hinged, said cover opening into the ice-reservoir b. The soda-fountain tube is seen at k.

In the common construction of a sirup containing and delivering apparatus, as used in connection with a soda-fountain and refrigerat-ing-box, it is customary to place a series ot' Sirup-jars in the front part of the box, with eduction-pipes leading from the same, such jars being left open at top, and the whole box being surmounted by a heavy cover, the box being generally constructed of marble. In order to till or replenish the jars it is necessary in such an arrangement to remove tLe whole top, although there may be but one jar to be tilled. Besides the trouble and inconvenience arising from such construction, there is a greater difficulty, arising from the impossibility of knowing the amount of sirup contained in any one or more of the jars, it being necessary to remove the top to ascertain this. Thus it often happens that a particular sirup gives out when there is no time or opportunity to remove the top and it has been my object, in constructing my apparatus to overcome these defects, which I do in the rst place by arranging in front of the box the series ot' indicators, which show at all times the condition ofthe sirup in thejars or vessels, and in the next place by placing on the top ofthe box and over each Sirup-vessel a charging-cup, through vhich the vessel may be filled Without disturbance of the top and by this arrangement I am enabled to construct the front of the box with a permanent fixedcover, While the ice-chamber bis surmounted by the hinged covert', thus permitting the icechamber to be charged with ice without uncovering the Sirup-vessels. The whole arrangement produces a neat and ornamental effect, and saves a great amount of time and labor.

Each sirup-cock in this apparatus is to be so constructed and arranged as to have a chamber or space between the sirup-conduit and the outer casing of the cock, this chamber openin g into or communicating freely with the ice-chamber b, so that the entire length of the Sirup-conduit projecting from the apparatus shall be refrigerated by the ice in said chamber b. The construction of such cock is shown in section in Fig. 3. As, however, such the top of the box and leading into the Sirupconsti notion is made the subject of another Vessels, as and for the purpose set forth.

application for a patent of even date herewith, 3. With an apparatus constructed with the it need not be more particularly described charging` cups andindieators, the construction herein. ofthe top of the box with the xed part f and I claimhinged cover c'. l. In connection with one'or more sirup vessels or jars7 theindioating-tubes arranged and ANDREW J' MORSE operating substantially as described. Witnesses:

2. Incombination withthe sirup vessels an.-` J. B. CROSBY, indicators.l the charging-cups g, arranged upon F. GOULD. 

